Steve Ditko

Being a hero can’t be passed down to just anyone. In Becoming Steve Jobs, they explore achievements in Steve Jobs’ life to display that he is a hero. Steve Jobs was the brains in the first mass-produced microcomputer, Apple II. The computer wouldn’t have been designed without his significant contribution which kickstarted the Microcomputer industry. Steve Jobs was never doing his work primarily for money, it was about his love for his job and the people who worked there. He was concerned about…

Steve McCurry, a world-renowned photographer, the author of Sharbat Gula, has been the center of a controversy because he uses Photoshop in his photographs. Many people argued that his use of Photoshop in his photograph is not ethical. I was very curious why using a worldwide renowned software could be unethical. Thus, I did some searches on the Internet and I found that this is a common problem in the field of journalism, not just Steve McCurry and his behavior. In my opinion, using Photoshop…

A portion of what makes Snapchat fascinating and highly snap-cessful is its use of modern technology that no other social media platforms have been able to obtain. Four years since Snapchat was originally launched, their app revolution began with their use of facial detection. For $150 million, Snap Inc. purchased the facial modification software from Looksery; a photography and software company. From cute puppy ears and nose to an embellishing flower crown, the variety of filters have become a…

“Don’t let the noise of other's’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition” (BrainyQuote). Steve Jobs, an American businessman and co-founder of Apple, overcame childhood struggles to become a very successful man. Eventually, he made it through college and helped with the development of Apple Inc., one of the most prosperous companies of the time. Along his journey of becoming a successful, many people doubted Jobs’ ability…

the course of this unit on biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs, I read Becoming Steve Jobs by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli, which is about Steven Paul Jobs, cofounder of Apple, Inc., Pixar, and NeXT Computers. Throughout the book, Schlender and Tetzeli write about Steve’s life, from his early college days to the final days of his life. The book contains information on Steve’s founding of Apple with Steve Wozniak, then his first tenure at Apple, his founding of Pixar and NeXT, and his…

face then the officer said could he have a word with Michael, he told him that he had been in the Navy and if he still wanted to join up and needed any help with filling in any forms he would be happy to help him, As a teenager when Michael was nearly 15 years old he would came in from school and go straight up to his room where he would put his headphones on to listen to his music on his walkman while playing games on his spectrum or reading a book or fill the whole floor with all his star…

Despite the levels of tax evasion done by Apple to America, Apple is far worse in its taxes overseas. Apple not only hurts the US but also other countries like the UK, France, and Germany. In fact, according to a study done by the Huffington Post, Apple paid absolutely no corporate taxes in 2012 in the UK.” Despite making millions in profit in Britain, Apple paid no corporate taxes to the U.K. last year, according to company filings” (Huffington Post) The second way corporations evade paying…

After news of his arrest over a home-made alarm clock mistaken for a bomb, 14-year-old Muslim student Ahmed Mohamed of MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas received overwhelming support from notable people such as Obama, Zuckerberg, and a NASA engineer. In their respective social media accounts, the said famous individuals were reported to express their desire to meet the talented young man. According to Daily Mail, Obama tweeted that he found the juvenile’s creation as something cool and…

Seth Teller was an American computer scientist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1994 till 2014 when he died by suicide. In the 20 years of being a professor his research included everything from robotics, computer vision, and sensor networks. Mr. Teller received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1992. He was also a postdoctoral researcher at the Computer Science Institute of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Princeton University’s…

Mac vs. PC After observing these Mac commercials, it was clear that they were taking clear shots at their competitors. I liked the humor they presented and how savage they were against the PC’s. I also like how they used Justin Long to play as the Mac which helped relate this to comedy for me because I’ve seen him in a lot of funny movies like the movie Waiting. I ended up watching all of the videos instead of just four and I didn’t regret it because although they may seem redundant to some, I…